World through the aperture

People walk through Red Square after sunset in Moscow, Russia, March 3, 2019, with the St. Basil's background left, and the Spasskaya Tower, right, in the background. (Photo by AP)

A selection of photos shot recently from around the world:

Two stilts look out over a lake that has turned a vivid pink thanks to extreme salt levels further exacerbated by hot weather in a startling natural phenomena that resembles a toxic spill, in Melbourne on March 4, 2019. (Photo by AFP)This picture taken on March 3, 2019 shows a view from inside the catacombs of Kom el-Shoqafa (Mound of Shards), dating to the Roman period (1st-4th centuries AD) in the center of the Mediterranean coastal city of Alexandria, during the inauguration of a project to drain groundwater from the archaeological site. (By AFP)A performer from the Viradouro samba school parades on a float during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 3, 2019. (Photo by AP)Demonstrators lie on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in support of voting rights, March 3, 2019, during the Bloody Sunday commemoration in Selma, Alabama, US. (Photo by AP)Dancers perform the traditional "Diablada," or Dance of the Devils, during carnival celebrations in Oruro, Bolivia, March 2, 2019. (Photo by AP)A Hindu sadhu (holy man) performs religious rituals to Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of creation and destruction, near the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 3, 2019, on the eve of the Hindu festival 'Maha Shivaratri'. (Photo by AFP)Revelers take part in a fight with oranges during an annual carnival battle in Ivrea, Italy March 3, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)People look at flames of fire as dry grass and bushes burn near the village of Ivanovka, Crimea, March 3, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)Competitors take the start of the Ladies' cross country skiing relay 4x5km event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships on February 28, 2019 in Seefeld, Austria. (Photo by AFP)Kevin Harvick, driver of the #4 Jimmy John's Ford, pits during the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil Oil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 3, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by AFP)